Historic Oregon Topographic Maps, 1898-1993
Predominant Dates: 1945-1975
The Historic Oregon Topographic Maps consist of superceded or obsolete topographic maps published by the U.S. Geological Survey. The maps cover all of Oregon and are available in a variety of scales, from 1:24,000 to 1:250,000.
ID: MAPS ORTopos
Extent: 10.5 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Statement on Description:
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[Date of Acknowledgement: December 2023]
Preferred Citation: Historic Oregon Topographic Maps (MAPS ORTopos), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
These maps were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' Historic Maps Collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2012.
Acquired:
Additions to the collection are expected.
Container List
- Series 1: Willamette Valley and Vicinity Topographic Maps, 1908-1922 Add to Shelf
- Series I consists of topographic maps prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in conjunction with the State of Oregon [State Engineers John H. Lewis (for 1908-1916 maps) and Percy A. Cupper (for 1922 map)] based on surveying done from about 1908 to 1914 at a scale of 1:31,680.
- Extent: 26 sheets
- Folder 11: Willamette Valley Topographic Maps, 1908-1916 Add to Shelf
- This set of topographic maps of the central Willamette Valley was published as 9 sheets. The maps extend from just south of Springfield and Eugene to the southern boundary of Albany. Two copies are available of all the sheets; the collection includes 3 copies of sheet 4 and 4 copies of sheet 7 (which includes the Corvallis area). These maps are housed in one map folder and some of the items are encapsulated. All of the maps are available online: Sheet 1; Sheet 2; Sheet 3; Sheet 4; Sheet 5; Sheet 6; Sheet 7; Sheet 8; and Sheet 9.
- Extent: 21 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.1: Central Willamette Valley Topographic Maps, 1911-1922 Add to Shelf
- These maps includes sheets for Airlie (1922), Oakville (1913), Philomath (1913), Tangent (1911), and Wells (1913).
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Series 2: 1:62,500 (15 min) Quadrangles, 1906-1972 Add to Shelf
- Series II consists of superceded 15 minute quadrangle maps at a scale of 1:62,500. Most were issued in the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the older sheets are encapsulated. The maps are arranged alphabetically by quadrangle name.
- Extent: 582 sheets
- Box-Folder 1.1: Abbott Butte - AnLauf Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.2: Antelope - Battle Ax Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.3: Beatty - Blaine Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.4: Blue River - Butte Falls Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.5: Calamity - Cascadia Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.6: Cathlamet - Coos Bay Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.7: Copperfield - Delintment Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.1: Desolation Butte - Enright Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.2: Enterprise - Fuego Mountain Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.3: Gales Creek - Halsey Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.4: Happy Camp - Keasy Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.5: Kernan Point - Mace Mountain Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.1: Mary's Peak - Monroe Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.2: Monument - Oregon Caves Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.3: Oregon City - Portland Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.4: Preston - Rustler Peak Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.1: Saddle Mountain - Spray Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.2: Stayton - Talent Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.3: The Dalles - Tyee Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.4: Valsetz - Yaquina Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 12.1: Crater Lake National Park and Vicinity, 1956 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Series 3: 1:24,000 (7.5 min) Quadrangles, 1949-1993 Add to Shelf
- Series III comprises more than half the maps in this collection and consists of superceded 7.5 minute quadrangle maps at a scale of 1:24,000. This series includes some orthophotographs. Some of the maps are provisional editions; others are photo revised. Most of the maps were issued in the 1950s through 1970s. The maps are arranged alphabetically by quadrangle name.
- Extent: 1299 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.2: Abbott Butte - Badger Lake Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 6.3: Bagby Hot Springs - Bone Springs Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 6.4: Basley Butte - Canby Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 6.5: Candle Creek - Coffin Mountain Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 7.1: Colgan Butte - Culver Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 7.2: Dale - Double Mountain Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 7.3: Drake Butte - Estacada Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 7.4: Eugene - Fuzztail Butte Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.1: Gales Creek - Harter Mountain Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.2: Hart Lake - Iron Mountain Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.3: Irrigon - Lakeview Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.4: Landing Creek - Mazama Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 9.1: Mount Burno - Parkdale Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 9.2: McCain - Mount Ashland Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 9.3: Parsnip Peak - Rabbit Valley Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 9.4: Ragsdale Butte - Sandhill Crossing Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 10.1: Sandy - Silverton Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 10.2: Silvies - Sugarpine Mountain Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 10.3: Suplee - Three Lynx Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 10.4: Tucker Hill - York Butte Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 12.2: Squaw Butte Ranch (Harney County), 1936 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Series 4: 1:250,000 Maps, 1948-1976 Add to Shelf
- Series IV consists of 1:250,000 scale maps that cover large areas of the state. Some of the maps have shaded relief; others show vegetation cover. In addition to topography, the maps depict roads, towns and cities, vegetation, political boundaries, lakes, and rivers. The maps are arranged by the map number.
- Extent: 77 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.1: Roseburg, 1957-1966 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.2: Crescent, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.3: Medford, 1956-1976 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.4: Klamath Falls, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.5: Weed, 1957 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 13.6: Alturas, 1954-1962 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.7: Burns, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.8: Boise, 1955-1962 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.9: Adel, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.10: Jordan Valley, 1955-1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.11: Vya, 1954-1961 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 13.12: McDermitt, 1955-1962 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.1: Hoquiam, 1949-1974 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.2: Vancouver, 1948-1974 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.3: The Dalles, 1953-1971 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.4: Salem, 1949-1977 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.5: Bend, 1955-1971 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.6: Walla Walla, 1953-1963 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.7: Pendleton, 1954-1973 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.8: Grangeville, 1956-1963 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.9: Canyon City, 1956-1970 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Folder-Item 14.10: Baker, 1963-1974 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 15.1: Coos Bay, 1950-1973 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 15.2: Eureka, 1948-1966 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Folder-Item 15.3: Adel and Burns, 1955 Add to Shelf
- Sheets published separately for Adel and Burns are taped together into one sheet.
- Folder-Item 15.4: Copalis Beach, 1949 Add to Shelf
- Series 5: Other Scales, 1898-1951 Add to Shelf
- Series V consists primarily of 1:125,000 (30 min) maps; it also includes 1:48,000; 1:96,000; and 1:250,000 maps. The 1:250,000 maps significantly predate the 1:250,000 maps in Series IV. Many of the sheets in this series have been encapsulated. The maps are arranged by scale and thereunder alphabetically by quadrangle name.
- Extent: 107 sheets
- Box-Folder 6.1: 1:48,000 and 1:96,000, 1919-1925 Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Earl Advance Sheet, 1919 Add to Shelf
- 1:48,0000
- Item 2: McMinnville Advance Sheet, 1924 Add to Shelf
- 1:48,0000
- Item 3: Picture Gorge Advance Sheet, 1925 Add to Shelf
- 1:48,0000
- Item 4: Twickenham Advance Sheet, 1924 Add to Shelf
- 1:96,0000
- Box-Folder 5.2: 1:250,000 Maps, 1910-1921 Add to Shelf
- Item 1: Ashland, 1910-1917 Add to Shelf
- 1893 edition reprinted in 1910 and 1917.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 2: Klamath, 1910-1921 Add to Shelf
- 1894 edition reprinted in 1910 and 1921.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.3: 1:125,000 Maps (30 min), 1898-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 19 sheets
- Item 1: Arlington, Ore.-Wash., 1916-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 2: Baker and Baker City, 1901-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Item 3: Bend, 1929-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 4: Birch Creek, 1919 Add to Shelf
- Item 5: Chemult, 1935-1941 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 6: Condon, 1916-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 7: Coos Bay, 1898-1937 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.4: 1:125,000 Maps (30 min), 1908-1950 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 14 sheets
- Item 1: Dayville, 1932-1936 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 2: Diamond Lake, 1917-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 3: Dufur, 1930-1945 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 4: Estacada, 1916-1938 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 5: Goldendale, 1919 Add to Shelf
- Item 6: Grants Pass, 1908-1946 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.5: 1:125,000 Maps (30 min), 1903-1950 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 36 sheets
- Item 1: Hood River, 1929-1950 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 2: Ironside Mountain, 1908-1947 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 3: Kerby, 1918-1937 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 4: Lowell, 1942-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 5: Madras, 1928-1947 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 6: Mount Hood, 1911-1944 Add to Shelf
- Some sheets have title Mount Hood and Vicinity.
- Extent: 6 sheets
- Item 7: Mt. Jefferson, 1927-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Item 8: Nampa, 1916-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 9: Newberry Crater, 1931-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 10: Pendleton, 1935-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 11: Pine, 1915-1941 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 12: Port Orford, 1903-1934 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Box-Folder 5.6: 1:125,000 Maps (30 min), 1900-1951 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 30 sheets
- Item 1: Preston Peak, 1922-1951 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 2: Riddle or Riddles, 1904-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Item 3: Roseburg, 1900-1942 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Item 4: Sumpter, 1901-1939 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 5: Telocaset, 1906-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 6: The Dalles, 1934-1950 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 7: Three Sisters, 1929-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Item 8: Umatilla, 1908-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Item 9: Waldo Lake, 1925-1950 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 10: Weiser, 1908-1948 Add to Shelf
- Extent: 3 sheets
- Series 6: Indexes, 1972-1989 Add to Shelf
- Series VI consists of indexes to published topographic maps of Oregon, primarily 1:24,000 (7.5 min) and 1:62,500 (15 min) quadrangles. Many of the indexes are annotated with updates or additional information. The indexes are housed in one map-folder.
- Extent: 8 sheets
- Folder 16 Add to Shelf